Student Excellence Fellows are District 200 educators who have:
- been awarded Student Excellence Grants
- completed a successful Fund-a-Classroom Campaign and/or
- been named as a Distinguished Educator
Fall 2021 Grant recipients and Fund-a-Classroom campaign recipients are listed first.
Following the recent recipients is the full list of Student Excellence Fellows.
Educators are listed alphabetically by school, along with their Fellow “qualifications.” Feel free to reach out to learn more about their work. Each of them have benefitted from the work of the Foundation in various ways and can speak to how you might get involved as well.
RECENT Fellows
• Spring 2022 Grant Recipients
• Successful Fund-a-Classroom Campaigns
• 2022 Distinguished Educators
| School | Educator | Grant / FAC | What |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bower | Kimberly Zamsky | Distinguished Educator | |
| Bower | Melissa Lamkin | FAC | dry erase tables |
| Edison | Elisabeth Eland | Grant | Eco Club composting supplies |
| Edison | Michael Pfile | Distinguished Educator | |
| Emerson | Jennifer Hottendorf | Grant | Kindergarten smartboard |
| Franklin | Anna Kim | FAC | authentic grant-writing |
| Franklin | Carl Francik | FAC | physical/chemical properties materials |
| Franklin | Daniel Nielsen | FAC | Scope literary magazine subscription |
| Hubble | Mark Hiben | Grant | Vernier motion dynamics carts |
| Madison | Jessica Kleinpaste | Grant | LLC robots |
| Monroe | Scot Hansen | Distinguished Educator | |
| Pleasant Hill | Elizabeth Berringer | Grant | Social Studies & Science library |
| Sandburg | Rebecca Misulonas | Grant | Math library |
| Sandburg | Terri Garwood | Distinguished Educator | |
| WNHS | Danielle Wennmaker | Grant | Gallery of Pride picture frames |
| WNHS | JT Johns | Distinguished Educator | |
| WWSHS | Mackenzie Grattan | Distinguished Educator | |
| Whittier | Anna Sanan | Grant | podcasting equipment |
| Whittier | Bethany Trapp | FAC | 2nd grade library |
| Wiesbrook | Robyn Beres | Grant | USB microscopes |
ALL Fellows since 2015
| School | Educator | Student Excellence Grant | Fund-a-Classroom | Distinguished Educator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bower | Alexis Mahler | Spring 2021, Fall 2016 | ||
| Bower | Eileen Thorp | Fall 2018 | ||
| Bower | Katina Kastrantas | 2018 | ||
| Bower | Kimberly Zamsky | Spring 2016 | 2022 | |
| Bower | Kristin Bagley | Fall 2016 | ||
| Bower | Melissa Lamkin | 2021+ | ||
| Bower | Sue Zurek | Spring 2021 | ||
| Edison | Amanda Austin | 2017 | ||
| Edison | Amy Schwartz | 2017 | ||
| Edison | Brian Wiewiora | FAC | ||
| Edison | Christine Carey | 2020 | ||
| Edison | Claire Annes | 2016, 2017 | ||
| Edison | Elisabeth Eland | Spring 2022 | ||
| Edison | Janelle Engle (Humann) | FAC | ||
| Edison | Jasmine Shamsuddin | Spring 2017 | ||
| Edison | Kori Wentzloff | Spring 2018 | ||
| Edison | Lauryn Humphris | Fall 2019 | ||
| Edison | Michael Pfile | FAC | 2022 | |
| Edison | Savanna Dempsey (Schillinger) | 2016 | ||
| Edison | Stephanie Incrocci | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Andrea Kleve | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Catherine Prange | Spring 2016 | ||
| Emerson | Erin Young | Fall 2017, Fall 2016 | 2021 | |
| Emerson | Jennifer Hottendorf | Spring 2022 | ||
| Emerson | Jennifer Wecker | 2021 | ||
| Emerson | Jessica Bergren | Fall 2019 (Lincoln) | 2017 (Franklin) | |
| Emerson | Kerry Holy | 2017 | ||
| Emerson | Rachel Stoneberg | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Sharri Moses | FAC | ||
| Franklin | Anna Kim | Fall 2015 | 2021 | |
| Franklin | Carl Francik | 2017, 2021 | ||
| Franklin | Cheryl Hasenjaeger | 2021 | ||
| Franklin | Christopher Grodoski | Spring 2018 | ||
| Franklin | Daniel Nielsen | 2021 | ||
| Franklin | Jenna Dorshorst | Fall 2015 | ||
| Franklin | Kristin Hughes | Fall 2017 | ||
| Franklin | Laine Pehta | Spring 2021 | ||
| Franklin | Lisa Doherty | Fall 2015 | ||
| Franklin | Liz Simpson | Fall 2017 | ||
| Franklin | Maggie Hammer | Fall 2016 | ||
| Franklin | Ryan Bonnamy | 2017 | ||
| Hawthorne | Amy Janavich | 2017 | ||
| Hawthorne | Ashley Young | Spring 2018, Spring 2016 | ||
| Hawthorne | Danielle Moran | Fall 2018 | ||
| Hawthorne | Holly Zimmer | Fall 2021 | ||
| Hawthorne | Janet Heppe | Spring 2016 | ||
| Hawthorne | Julie Schubert | Fall 2016 | ||
| Hawthorne | Kimberly Theodore | Fall 2018 | 2018 | |
| Hawthorne | Michelle Fitzenreider | 2017 | ||
| Hawthorne | Tracy Holland | Spring 2017, Fall 2019 | 2017 | |
| Hubble | Andrew Balzer | Fall 2017 | ||
| Hubble | Edilvergel Quetua | Fall 2015 | 2018 | |
| Hubble | Heather Cacioppo | Spring 2021 | FAC | |
| Hubble | Kelly Moran | 2021 | ||
| Hubble | Kelsey Czerwinski | Spring 2019 | ||
| Hubble | Kristin Diaz | Spring 2020 | FAC | |
| Hubble | Lisa Stollard | Fall 2021 | ||
| Hubble | Mark Hiben | Spring 2022 | 2018 | |
| Hubble | Michael Mowell | 2017 | ||
| Hubble | Patrick Bresnahan | Fall 2018, Spring 2018 | ||
| Hubble | RaeEllen Webster | Spring 2019 | ||
| Hubble | Sarah Menich | Fall 2019 | 2019 | |
| Jefferson | Debra Denniger | Spring 2018 | ||
| Jefferson | Kris Stoffels | Fall 2015 | ||
| Jefferson | Krista Petrilli | Fall 2015 | ||
| Jefferson | Mary Iffert | Spring 2016 | ||
| Jefferson | Stephanie Zentner | Fall 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Deborah Earnst | Spring 2016 | ||
| Johnson | Disa Messina (Loizzo) | Spring 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Gail LoBue | Fall 2018 | 2017 | |
| Johnson | Jessica Novakowski | Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016 | FAC | |
| Johnson | Katie Gabor | Spring 2021 | ||
| Johnson | Lauren Strickland | 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Liana Waldron | Spring 2016 | ||
| Johnson | Nina Gianfrancesco | Spring 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Tracy Jeffrey | Fall 2019 | ||
| Lincoln | Brittany Reid | Fall 2018 | ||
| Lincoln | Candace Hsu | Fall 2021 | ||
| Lincoln | Ellen Therens | FAC | ||
| Lincoln | Joanna Wsol | 2018 | ||
| Lincoln | Kelly Giacolo | Fall 2018 | ||
| Lincoln | Lauren Lichtenberg | Spring 2020 | ||
| Lincoln | Nicole Kappelman | 2017 | ||
| Lincoln | Sarah Peterson | Fall 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | ||
| Lincoln | Stephanie Korntheuer | Fall 2021 | ||
| Longfellow | Barbara Anderson | Spring 2016 | ||
| Longfellow | Deborah Houlihan | Fall 2017 | ||
| Longfellow | Jenna Riordan (now Fitzwater) | 2018 | ||
| Longfellow | Katherine Ekstrand | Fall 2017, Fall 2015 | ||
| Longfellow | Nancy Nicholson | Fall 2015 | ||
| Longfellow | Rebecca Huff | Spring 2017 | ||
| Longfellow | Taryn Parise | Fall 2015 | ||
| Lowell | Anne Marie McDonald | Fall 2016 | ||
| Lowell | Brooke Thurston | Spring 2021 | ||
| Lowell | Kelly Woods | Spring 2019, Fall 2015 | ||
| Lowell | Laura Baumann | Spring 2018 | ||
| Lowell | Mary Carlson | Spring 2016 | ||
| Madison | Aditi Acharya | Spring 2017 | ||
| Madison | Erin Barnham | Fall 2015 (Longfellow) | ||
| Madison | Jamie Beal | FAC | ||
| Madison | Jessica Kleinpaste | Spring 2022 | ||
| Madison | Jordan Yi | Spring 2020 | ||
| Madison | Laura Aguilar | FAC | ||
| Madison | Tom Grace | Spring 2016 | ||
| Madison | Lisa Feeley | 2019 | ||
| Monroe | Becky Rauen | FAC | ||
| Monroe | Dawn Radford | 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Jeff Novak | 2019 | ||
| Monroe | Julie Michalak | 2021 | ||
| Monroe | Katelyn Polizzi | Spring 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Kimberly Minarich | 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Kristine Sierakowski | 2018, 2017, 2016 | ||
| Monroe | Lee Prior | 2020 | ||
| Monroe | Lucia Baker | FAC | ||
| Monroe | Meg Bohr | 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Michelle O’Rourke | 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Sara Aghazadeh | Fall 2021 | ||
| Monroe | Scot Hansen | 2022 | ||
| Monroe | Tammy Scioli | FAC | ||
| Multiple | Megan Gitter | Spring 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Annie Murray | Fall 2021 | 2020 | |
| Pleasant Hill | Betsy Prange | Fall 2016 | 2019 | 2019 |
| Pleasant Hill | Deborah Vernetti | Spring 2019 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Elizabeth Berringer | Spring 2022 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Estefany Rozo Olaya | Spring 2020 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Jennifer Rath | Fall 2019 | 2021 | |
| Pleasant Hill | Juliana Nielsen | Spring 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Kathleen Morgan | Fall 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Laura Bellanca | 2021 (Virtual Academy) | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Mary Collins | Spring 2016 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Melissa Sender | Fall 2015 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Renee Klopfenstein | Spring 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Stephen Slates | Fall 2016 | ||
| Sandburg | Becky Misulonas | Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2022 | FAC | |
| Sandburg | Lynn Foerstel | Spring 16 | ||
| Sandburg | Maria Georganas | Fall 2016 | ||
| Sandburg | Terri Garwood | 2022 | ||
| Sandburg | Theresa Rindt | Fall 2021, Spring 2016 | ||
| Transition | Deborah Thomas | Fall 2017 | ||
| Washington | Amy Kovarik | Fall 2017 | ||
| Washington | Angela Sheppard | Spring 2021 | ||
| Washington | Cara Switalski | FAC | ||
| Washington | Don Casper | Spring 2017 | ||
| Washington | Jennifer Coover | 2018 | ||
| Washington | Krista Lipnisky | Spring 2017, Fall 2015 | ||
| Washington | Krystn Weisheit | Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017 | ||
| Washington | Lauren Hrunek | Fall 2019 | 2021 | |
| Washington | Mary Schlick | Spring 2016 | ||
| WNHS | Allie Ravanesi | Fall 2019 | ||
| WNHS | Colin Murphy | Spring 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Colleen Wiegman | Fall 2021 | ||
| WNHS | Danielle Wennmaker | Spring 2022 | ||
| WNHS | Ellen Murphy | Spring 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Erin Moodie | 2021 | ||
| WNHS | Gianna Costa | 2015 | ||
| WNHS | Hayley Lotspeich | Fall 2019 | ||
| WNHS | Heather Gosling | Spring 2019 | ||
| WNHS | John Noe IV | 2018 | ||
| WNHS | JT Johns | 2022 | ||
| WNHS | Kevin Formanski | 2018 | ||
| WNHS | Kirsten Anderson | Fall 2018, Spring 2016 (Johnson) | ||
| WNHS | Kyle Padera | 2020 | ||
| WNHS | Laura Scott | FAC | ||
| WNHS | Mehret Asgedom | Spring 2020 (Franklin) | ||
| WNHS | Michael Neuhaus | 2018 | ||
| WNHS | Michelle Neibch | 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Robert Griegoliet | Fall 2017 | 2016 | |
| WNHS | Jamie Puorto | 2017 | ||
| WWSHS | David Cho | 2019 | ||
| WWSHS | Dr. Craig Lawrence | 2018 | ||
| WWSHS | Jacqueline Vasquez | Fall 2021 | ||
| WWSHS | James Brennan | Fall 2019 | ||
| WWSHS | James Claud | 2017 | ||
| WWSHS | James Fazio | Spring 2021 | ||
| WWSHS | Joanne Wegscheid | 2016 | ||
| WWSHS | Mackenzie Grattan | 2022 | ||
| WWSHS | Malinda Holmer | Spring 2021 | 2018 | |
| WWSHS | Matthew Scheffler | Fall 2015 | ||
| WWSHS | Philip Culcasi | Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 | ||
| WWSHS | Richard Burrell | 2020 | ||
| WWSHS | Robert Munro | Spring 2017 | ||
| WWSHS | Sean Norris | Spring 2016 | ||
| Whittier | Anna Sanan | Spring 2022 | ||
| Whittier | Barbara Hoskins | Spring 2018 | ||
| Whittier | Barbara McPherson | Fall 2015 | ||
| Whittier | Bethany Trapp | 2021 | ||
| Whittier | Christine Vance | Spring 2020, FY2016 | ||
| Whittier | Cynthia May | FY2016 | ||
| Whittier | Jill Lang | Spring 2020, Spring 2016 (Johnson) | ||
| Whittier | Kaitlin Snow | Fall 2016 | ||
| Whittier | Kaylene Eschbach | Spring 2020 | ||
| Whittier | Kim Kane | Fall 2019 | ||
| Whittier | Kimberly Kern | 2021 | ||
| Whittier | Lindsey Dantino | Fall 2021 | ||
| Whittier | Margaret Moore | Spring 2017 | ||
| Whittier | Megan Bostrom | Fall 2015 | 2015 | |
| Whittier | Sara Garner | Fall 2018, Spring 2016 | 2021 | |
| Wiesbrook | Barbara Hoskins | Spring 2018 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Breanna Mogk | 2021 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Lisa Zink | 2 Fall 2021, Spring 2016 (Whittier) | ||
| Wiesbrook | Matt Sutton | Spring 2020, Spring 2019 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Megan McNamara | 2016 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Robyn Beres | Spring 2022 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Sharon Siciak | Fall 2016 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Taylor Wilson | FAC | ||
| Wiesbrook | Todd Jones | 2016 |